Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm at the end
as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.
Lao Tzu,
Tao Te Ching

May not seem like much . I am proud of this piece of cardboard. Every-time I trained #jiujitsu i would come home and put a tally on it. Set out to train 100x in 2017. Ended up training 160x . (Still some time left maybe 170?) Competed in 3 tournaments and earning a blue belt. ——————————————————————Learned many lessons. Looking forward to 2018. Always beginning. #beginnersmind#taoteching#goals

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"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world." ~Lao Tzu, pg 67 "Tao Te Ching" #simplicity#patience#compassion#laotzu#taoteching#mostwontwewill